We used to have lots of mullein in our last two gardens, but it seems to have disappeared from the garden we have now, sadly. It's one of my favourite plants, tall and covered in silky silvery hairs. These have led to a past use of the dried plant as candle wicks and torches, when dipped in fat. Didn't know you could smoke it though!
It also has its very own moth, which has spectacular caterpillars which will strip leaves bare. You can watch them starting off tiny and getting as fat as your little finger as they gorge on the plant.
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Mullein Moth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia